My son/s have managed to install a Chrome extention "Searchisty" browser hack that is now locked under organization adminitration?

iMacMart · 22 Jul 2024 at 12:47

Hi All

My teenage sons seem to have installed some sort of Chrome Extention and its broken my search engine on my gaming PC .....

It won't let me uninstall the normal way, I have installed ccleaner and some other cleaning tools but I can't get rid of it?

I have uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled but its still there

Any other tools I can use do you think?

Thanks

Frustrated dad!!! :mad:

iMacMart · 22 Jul 2024 at 12:49

Rannoch said:
Malwarebytes software may remove it

Sorry I installed that along with ccleaner, neither cleared it, thanks for replying though

iMacMart · 22 Jul 2024 at 12:55

I am so ******* off I have never had any sort of virus, malware as I'm super careful on what I click, I don't think I have AV installed as I'm that funny about everything! Some websites are suggesting regedit files deletion ........

iMacMart · 22 Jul 2024 at 13:37

Glanza said:
Try purging your addon folder

C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions

I'll give that a go!

iMacMart · 22 Jul 2024 at 13:46

Rroff said:
May need to use this guide and the registry changes if it has protected itself using administration policies.

How to Remove Chrome Extensions Installed by Administrator

Learn how to get rid of "Installed by Your Administrator" or "Enterprise Policy" Do you get an error about a Chrome extension being "installed by an administrator" when you try to uninstall it? If your computer was issued by work or school...

www.wikihow.com

Hey @Rroff yes that is the exact link I found that I need to spend some time looking at!